Kim Soo-young (politician)

Kim Soo-young
김수영
Mayor of Yangcheon District
In office
1 July 2014  June 30, 2022
Preceded byChoo Jae-yup
Succeeded byLee Ki-jae
Personal details
Born (1964-12-05) 5 December 1964
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materEwha Womans University
Sogang University
Soongsil University

Kim Soo-young (Korean: 김수영; Hanja: 金水英; born 5 December 1964) is a South Korean politician who served as Mayor of Yangcheon District, Seoul and its first woman mayor from July 2014 to June 2022.

From 2006 to 2008, she worked as the first head of Siheung's women's job center run by Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

From 2012 to 2014 Kim was the adjunct professor of social welfare at Soongsil University.